Riverside Honor Roll

Historical marker location:

439 Dunkard Avenue, Westover, West Virginia

( Memorial is at the intersection of Dunkard Avenue (West Virginia Route 100) and Wheeling Street, on the right when traveling south on Dunkard Avenue.)

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is the site of John Brown's raid in 1859, which is considered a major event leading up to the Civil War. Brown and his supporters attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an effort to arm slaves and start a rebellion against slaveholders.